Wintergreen Gum

I still don't like the back of movie theaters

I always sit somewhere else

So I don't have to feel the memories myself

Technically it's been centuries

But I can still feel it like yesterday

Thirteen, gum wintergreen

Feeling unclean

In the back of movie theaters

In family restrooms in malls

Behind some bushes on a walk

On the side of an abandoned house

But I didn't tell you

I don't know why

I just was too shy and terrified

I had to swallow the pain

So that's what I did

But still hard feelings remained

So I had to scratch an itch

That wasn't real

But it held an appeal

And felt warm dripping down my legs

It's pretty grotesque

But I blame myself

For my strange ways

I don't like movie theaters at all

Or family bathroom stalls

Wintergreen gum makes me gag

And abandoned houses bring me back

I don't like feeling unclean

But I can't take enough showers

To wash your 18-year-old fingerprints

Off my hips

Reviews

[Tony Jordan]

Visceral - brilliant write.

[Planet x]

that was amazing writing
very powerful
hard to read
I don't know what happened
But I do know I love your writing